Category: Aesthetics Game

Today we had team time, including application of the major 20th and 21st century design movements to everyone's project, and suggestions of other aesthetics in preparation for this week's post. Students were also invited to the Zotero online library for the course. Make yourself a login at http://zotero.org, then request to join the AeDes group....

For Our team’s aesthetic of design game categories were the modern style aesthetic and LAMPS. The essence of modern style is to use angular, geometric shapes with swooping curves, and simplicity. We know that there are other possible definition, but these were the key aspects of the design that we were trying to capture. The…

Dang! Didn’t see this up, so I wanted to add it to the Aesthetics Game section. Ashley Zimmer, Dennis Can, Yusen Ji, and I had “Post Modern” and “Office trash receptacle. These are the two designs we came up with! The right-side-up one is a curvey, three-piece set that nests together, and is made…

The Aesthetics Game before break, Matt Sturm and I got “Spaghetti Western” and “Baby Crib. To the left, we have the baby tombstone with the mobile. The head of the best is stylized after a headstone, the legs are shovels and the crib is lined with barbed wire to keep baby safe. From the rattlesnake…

Joseph Yoshimura and I received the Men’s Winter Coat as our object and the first series of Organic Design (1930-1960) for our aesthetic. This was a pretty tough mixture for the game, and Joe and I definitely struggled to get outside of the box. Since one of the main aspects of Organic Design is to…

For Monday’s aesthetics game, our table received the object umbrella and the aesthetic of international style as our picks. The image above is our entire groups whiteboard of designs. Below is the design I (Sami) came up with. For my design I went with a more artistic rather than functional design. I was inspired by…

For the Aesthetics Game my team was given the object of a soda/beer drinking hat with the aesthetic of cosntructivism. The team decided to draw a graduation cap with a cubic stacking structure for the top part of the cap. On the side of the cap is the word “Vodka” written in Russian. The bottom…

The aesthetic was distortion pedals, and the item was garden ornaments. the first is a flamingo with built in speaker and stomp box pedal foot. the next is a fountain with knobs, LED’s, and pedals. The last is a Gnome with a stop box foot also. Team members: Benjamin Yorkey Aly Badran Brandon Boiko